There’s a pretty heated rivalry going between UFC light heavyweight greats Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, which is a side effect of them being booked to compete a whopping five times with only one of those events resulting in an actual fight. Match number two goes down Saturday July 29th at UFC 214, barring another last minute meltdown like we saw at UFC 200, when Jones failed a drug test days before the event and was suspended for a year.
If the gods of MMA are good, Cormier vs. Jones 2 for the 205 pound title will stay firmly put at the top of UFC 214, a card with three title fights and one hell of an undercard. And while Cormier admitted the feud between him and Jones was getting ‘a bit old,’ the two still have enough hatred for each other to turn an interview on UFC Tonight into a back and forth bickering match that puts your dysfunctional family Thanksgiving dinner to shame.
Who knew Daniel Cormier had such a critique on Jon Jones the commentator?
Jones? Well, he just wants to make Cormier cry. #UFC214 pic.twitter.com/UPMhCCwY6v
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 27, 2017
Things got hairy after Jones took a jab at Daniel Cormier’s side job as an analyst for FOX Sports.
“I don’t have a commentating job or anything like that,” he said. “My only passion is to be the greatest fighter ever.”
“He did try having a commentator job but he sucked at it,” Cormier replied with a chuckle. “Let’s be honest, you tried and you sucked at it. I saw you and you sucked, so shut up.”
“I’m going to tell you what I don’t suck at, I mean, you saw it, you were crying on Cain Velasquez’ shoulder,” Jones said, referring to the aftermath of their first fight which Jones won. “Actually, you know what, I don’t want a commentator job, I just want to make you cry backstage, again.”
“I saw you crying too when you tested positive for steroids!” Cormier fired back when Jones brought the crying up again later. “You sure were crying when you got popped for steroids, young man!”
“This whole thing has been stupid with him trying to prove that there was nothing,” Cormier continued. “This dude would have gotten a shortened suspension if they would have said he didn’t do anything bad. He got the max time they could have given him. That was the max time they could have given you for what you did. Let’s stop pretending.”
Cormier has been all over Jones regarding his failed USADA test leading up to UFC 200, calling into doubt Jon’s story that the clomiphene and Letrozole that showed up in his system (used to cycle off steroids) were the result of a tainted sexual enhancement pill given to him by a teammate. When USADA followed up on that claim, they found that the teammate had also bought clomiphene on its own, raising questions as to whether the sexual enhancement pills were simply a cover in case the clomiphene use was detected.
Jones, of course, denies this and admits that the steroid accusations annoy him more than anything else Daniel Cormier has been saying about him. Fortunately, he’ll get to shut Cormier up soon enough in the cage. UFC 214 goes down Saturday July 29th at 10PM EST.
